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A new study published by Merchoid has determined the top 10 “dad rock” bands of all time and the results may surprise you. While most associate “dad rock” with classic rock and hair metal, that’s all changing as the years and decades roll by. Nothing speaks to this notion better than the No. 1 “dad

During a shares Q&A in London, Stormzy has revealed that he’s “just been creating” for the past two years, while Vince Staples has spoken of his foray into television. READ MORE: Vince Staples: “It’s important for me to tell the truth about my experiences” West Coast rap met UK grime on Monday (June 10) when Stormzy

This year’s Gathering of the Juggalos was allegedly attacked by hackers who broke into the event’s ticketing service, and here’s what fans are saying about it. The multi-day festival, founded by Insane Clown Posse, is set to be held from Aug. 14 through the 18 at Legend Valley in Thornville, Ohio. However, fans on the Juggalo Reddit

French singer-songwriter, actor and model Françoise Hardy has died at the age of 80. Her death was announced on Tuesday (June 11) by her son and musician Thomas Dutronc on social media. Dutronc wrote captioning a photo of himself as a baby with his mother, “Maman est partie,” which translates to “mom is gone”. While

Apple just announced a plethora of new updates yesterday (June 10), including a new AirPods feature that could be trouble for metalheads. The tech giant’s annual Worldwide Developers Conference took place yesterday in Cupertino, Calif., and they unveiled a few new features coming to various devices. The biggest announcements included the all-new Apple Intelligence, the integration

Donald Trump has described Taylor Swift as “unusually beautiful” and questioned whether her political stance is “just an act”. The twice-impeached former US president spoke about the ‘Tortured Poets’ pop star in an upcoming book titled Apprentice In Wonderland: How Donald Trump And Mark Burnett Took America Through The Looking Glass. READ MORE: Taylor Swift live

Flemming Rasmussen, the producer who worked on a few of Metallica‘s albums in the 1980s, has a theory on why the bass was turned down on …And Justice for All.  Rasmussen first worked with Metallica on their sophomore album Ride the Lightning, and the band worked with him again on Master of Puppets and …And Justice for All. The latter is known for

Fleet Foxes ended up being brought into Hunter Biden’s ongoing trial in Delaware when it emerged he had played the band from his phone while receiving a lap dance. The son of the US President has been on trial for allegedly lying about his drug use when purchasing a firearm in 2018. He claimed to

The inaugural No Values festival was held on June 8 in Pomona, California and here are five of the biggest things that happened at the event. The fest was largely centered around punk and alternative with the Misfits and Social Distortion billed at the very top and other big names in Iggy Pop, Turnstile, Bad

Billie Eilish has spoken about her experience of being ghosted. The singer-songwriter, who recently released her new album ‘Hit Me Hard And Soft’, revealed to Lily Allen and Miquita Oliver on their Miss Me podcast that the incident happened last December. She said: “I was like, did you die? Did you literally die?,” adding it

File Darius Rucker and KISS‘ Gene Simmons under “unexpected friendships.” In fact, the bassist / singer of the rock band has a special nickname for his friend, and it’s not “Hootie.” Rucker details the impact KISS had on his life in his new memoir, Life’s Too Short. The pair were managed by the same manager

Fearne Cotton has shared the reasons why she wouldn’t return to live TV or radio “for any money in the world”. READ MORE: 20 years of ‘Popworld’: the anarchic chat show that revolutionised music telly The former BBC Radio 1 presenter has also worked on CITV, CBBC, Top of the Pops, Celebrity Juice, and Love Island. She

Here are 40 songs that aren’t on the albums they were named after. Back before artists began taking albums more seriously than as mere collections of their latest singles plus some record-filling cover songs, their LP titles didn’t overthink the process. Typically titled after a big single (Please Please Me) or with the artist’s name prominently on

Bring Me The Horizon’s Oli Sykes has told NME that Jordan Fish’s exit from the band came as they had “got to the point where we weren’t happy as a unit anymore”. The news of keyboardist, producer and percussionist Fish’s departure from the Sheffield band broke in December last year. He had joined in 2012

Billy Corgan refuses to be pressured into playing the Smashing Pumpkins’ classic hits. During a recent conversation with Kerrang, the frontman rejected the idea that his band has to play certain famous songs to appease their fans. “I don’t play any songs I don’t want to play. I don’t care if they’re a classic or not,”

Celine Dion has said that living with stiff person syndrome has involved experiencing muscle spasms that have broken her ribs. The Canadian pop icon confirmed that she had been diagnosed with the condition in 2022, and she has now given her first television interview on the subject, to NBC News. “I had broken ribs at

It turns out that you can rush perfection, at least in the case of these 20 iconic rock songs that were written on the spot. At least that was the case for the rock masterminds behind the Rolling Stones, the Police, and the Beatles, who all wrote some of their biggest hits on the spot.